ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,490, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electric power converter for vehicle motor" was invented by Yun Ho Kim (Whasung-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power converter for a motor includes a body portion, a plurality of first power module portions disposed on one side of the body portion, a plurality of second power module portions disposed on an opposite side facing the one side of the body portion along a first direction, a plurality of first busbars extending from the first power module portions toward the second power module por...